National Republican., 1887-01-01
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.
THE RULERS OF OUR NATION.
NEW YEARS GREETING

The day has come, the happy day,
OF happy New Years greeting,
When friends with lightsome hearts aud ga
In pleasures rounds are meeting.
And so goes forth a poets lay
On wings Of inspiration,
And first bears greetings of the day,
For Ruler of Our Nation.
May health be his and with him stay,
And pain be unreturning-
That for the peoples good lie may
Keep watch fires brightly burning.
Sweet wishes freight my roundelay,
That hers be earthly alden.
The bride who with him stands to-day,
The bonny matron.maiden.
greet his counselors, wise and just,
Who hold the nations honor;
In whom Columbia puts her trust
Shall lay no blight upon hsr.
The Cabinet, or grave or CAV,
With eye to duty single,
.Sboni9 Sometimes take a holiday pee
And with the peopic :i..nsiU.
Then, restful greetings swiftly 60
To Secretary Bayard,
Who, by'ard work in Mexico
And Canada. IS tired.
That he have health who hath been i'll;
The Man in-joy lile's pleasure
Who safely watches DER the till
And guards the public treasure.
Ere to good wishes End caught
A glimpse of arbitration,
And greet our warriors brave, who ought
To miss wars occupation.
A handsome man Of mark, greet,
Who doth the Navy edit,
And hope he soon may have feet
TO do the nation credit.
Mythought rejoices, too, to see
His wife, the gracious matron,
Who though leader socially
Is arts and orphans patron.
That man of genius, who tits said
Near hymens court doth hoyer,
] wish he happily may wed
That Ia Mar tyr lover.
Tie Viles' one may yet return,
And so may a dead letter,
Likewise the General-sec pun
For want OF something better.
My poet lay is incompl to
Without a Garland twiniug;
My thought bears wishes fair and fleet,
For health and peace combining.
My vagrant muse now soberly
Across the city trudges
To bear the greetings of the cay
To all the Supreme Judges.
It Just moment gives to Waite
To gre ct the Miller. Bradley;
To Harlan'trys great hopes to state
My muse needs scolding sadly.
Though by the Woods fan would stay,
Time precious must hoard,
Greet Matthews and fly OIL to Gray,
Nor 60 by the Batch-ford.
My muse fits to the Capitol
And enters qui' @ sedate,y;
IT glides adown the central hail
10 greet John Sherman stately.
It pauses by vacant chair
And then a teer in turning,
In tender thought is borne elsewhere
To them who now arc mourning.
A hanson Hawl, n Cameron,
A Stanford and a Harris
with H0rry'son and Allys son,
Kenna tell the allies.
To princely Ransom, pleasant Payne.
Hale, Miller, and Mcpherson,
No German Dawes my busy brain,
Nor howe'er, lofty person.
To Palmer now to Cullen come,
lie Voorhees, asked the lawyer,
If Riddie'burgher took a Plumb,
And said, "Mahone Saw yer."
To Blair make my lowest bow,
And Evnits, ay Fair Morrill,;
But TO my Muse Call qnit now
Or we shall have quarrel.
No Eusotis done l Ham, tonight,
Sewell exhausted nearly
I'll pay them do their duties right
And wish them JOY sincerely.
Across the way to Congress Hall,
WIN many statesman in IL,
The Muse greeting bears, bows to all,
Ana only stops minute.
The 81 eaker in his rulings fair,
The ayes" indorse our singer,
Who greets the wise men sitting there,
And tlings rose to Springer,
A scene enacted relate,
Authentic or uncertain,
Nor trusty steele could keep them Strait,
The muse stood by the Curtin.
Such names put your nerves to rack,
Twas of He stand, the charmer,
And Haynes Heard Henderson Han back
And Holman Hit the Hauner.
And though sometimes their spirits lag,
They stiive to do their duty.
They are not proud, with right 10 Bragg.
Ana some have claim TO beauty.
Good Bynum ore, in gadsomo glee,
Again to home returning;
Our muse-we call her NJ H. E.
Finds there loves watch fires burning.
EMILY THORNTON CHARLES.
lie Droit Park improvements.
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thing the question of their street impfoY
ments. Within the last few days cart loud,
oyster shells to great number have bee
hauled to the park aud now form q coating i
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